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Duke  University  Libraries 
Kentuckians,  to 
Conf  Pam  #780 

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KENTUC 


TO  ARMS!!! 


Kentuckians,  rise  I 
You  have  lain  too  lung  in  a  stupor  deep  ; 
Rise  like  young  ^'iants  refresh'd  with  sleep: 
Sweep,  as  the  billows  shorowsird  sweep, 
And  chase  the  foe  to  your  boundaries. 

Kentuckians  arm  ! 
Grasp  the  good  rifles  wherewith  your  sires    » 
Quench'd  with  red  rain  the  hostile  fires ; 
Fling  back  the  hireling  to  him  that  hires, 
Or  trample  him  out  like  a  loathesonie  worm. 

Kentuckians,  stand ! 
Firm  as  the  rock  when  floods  are  high ; 
Stand  by  your  native  sovereingty, 
And  be  "  State  and  home"  your  rallying  cry. 
Through  the  length  and  breadth  of  the  wa- 

[kening  land. 

Kentuckians,  dare 
The  tyrant's  rage,  for  your  grievious  wrong, 
The  "  hour  and  the  mon"  to  you  belong : 
Let  not  the  foe  in  your  midst  wax  strong, 
The  time  is  over  to  stay  and  spare. 

Kentuckians,  strike  ! 
If  needs  must  be,  both  swift  and  sore  ; 
Scatter  the  Northmen  from  stream  to  shore. 
Until,  panic-stricken,  they  come  uo  more 
To  see  what  our  neutral  soil  is  like. 

But  let  no  stain 
Of  brother's  blood  be  on  hand  or  blade— 
Ev'n  if  his  feet  from  the  truth  have  stray'd  : 
•*  Hew  hip  and  thigh"  where  hosts  invade, 
But  draw  not  upon  you  the  curse  of  Cain. 

LoDISVILLE,  Ky.,  1861. 


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